Anti-depressant activities of Areca catechu fruit extract

Phytomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Dar, A ^a   Khatoon, S ^a   Rahman, G ^a   Atta Ur Rahman, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Areca catechu; Hexane and aqueous fractions; Immobility time; Monoamine oxidase inhibition; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ARECA CATECHU; GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0342313159     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(97)80026-8     Document Type: Article

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